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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25359	A sermon preached in the Cathedral Church at Winchester the xxix of May MDCLXXXI, being Trinity Sunday, and the day of His Majesties happy birth and restauration by Henry Anderson ...	Anderson, Henry, b. 1651 or 2.	1681 (1681)	Wing A3093; ESTC R16092	19,305	35

the Promotion of true Religion and Vertue that our future State may be as happy as it is sure to be lasting There are but few that consider that their Time here on Earth is but a Prologue to an everlasting State In this vast Eternity you must Live Why do you not let your Thoughts be more upon it Your Minds that love to count the days of this narrow Life extend themselves unto Eternity where there are no Limits at all Tell the Torments of everlasting Fire the aking Thoughts if you can of a burning Soul that fryes in the Wrath of God to eternal Ages Then number the Joys of Heaven tell the Notes of that Celestial Quire the Hymns of Praises that they sing and though thou hadst a Head as big as Archimedes that could tell how many Atoms of Dust were in the Globe of the whole Earth yet all these were but as a single Atom in comparison of those endless Joys or Sorrows And it is an Oracle of infallible Truth and a Promise that remains for ever to the Righteous Your Joy shall remain none shall take it from you Therefore Heaven is the most lovely amiable and most desireable Object The Enjoyments of Riches Honours Kingdoms Feastings with us in this World are but short and transitory but in Heaven there shall be an eternal Feast The Jubilation of the Lamb shall be for ever and shall be extended to the vast duration of Eternity O my Soul Why dost thou not aspire and mount up to the Center and Light of Glory to the Fountain of Beams and Brightness from whence thou wast derived How happy shalt thou be when thou shalt lay down corruptible Rags of Earth and being delivered out of the Prison of this wretched Body may'st be thought worthy to hear the sacred Songs of that Celestial Harmony and the Praises of the King Eternal of that Glorious Empire How accomplished shall thy Honour and Glory be when it shall come to thy turn to sing a gracious Hallelujah Join unto all this the Pleasure there is to live in the Company of Angels to enjoy the grateful Conversation of all those excellent and sublime Spirits where Angelical Troops make ravishing Musick and to behold Armies of Saints more bright than the Stars of Heaven to contemplate the Sanctity of the Patriarchs the Hope of the Prophets the Crown of Martyrs the white and flowery Garland of Virgins And as for the Soveraign King who keeps his Residence in the midst of that glorious People What Tongue is able to speak His Praise O Israel Now how goodly are thy Tabernacles how delightful thy Pavilions Gardens water'd with Floods and Fountains are not so flourishing nor are the fruitful Vallies so abundant Let us not then suffer our selves to be abused any longer with the delusive Appearances of this World but fix our Eye on Heaven because it is a fairer Object than Earth for our Contemplation joining with the Royal Prophet as it is in the Verge of the Text Whom have I in Heaven but Thee All the Blessings that we do enjoy are the sweet Influences of Heaven upon us Spiritual or Temporal First Spiritual Blessings in Heavenly Places arise from no other Spring and are Irradiations of the Trinity and the great Kindness of Heaven to Mankind in relation to these Souls of ours The Father Son and Holy Ghost have all done their parts for them The Father gave His only Son the Son gave Himself left his Glory and endured the bitter Death of the Cross meerly to keep our Souls from perishing The Holy Ghost is become as it were our Attendant waits upon us with continual Offers of his Grace to enable us to do that which may preserve them These things all the Persons work equally and inseparably in respect of the Cause and Effect for what One doth All do yet in congruity we attribute a distinct Act in regard of the Order and Object In Order the original of Action is ascribed to the Father Joh. 5. 17 19. The Nature and Manner of Working to the Son Joh. 1. 3. Heb. 12. The Efficacy and Power to the Holy Ghost 1 Cor. 11. 12. 1. The Father Creates Gen. 1. 1. 2. The Son Redeems Gal. 3. 1● 3. The Holy Ghost Illuminates 2 Pet. 1 21. The Father is to be adored as altogether of Himself The Son to be glorified as that Consubstantial Word The Holy Ghost to be magnified as that Co-essential Spirit eternally proceeding from Both. The Three Persons in the Trinity is the Object of our Faith and we daily own it in our Creed 1. We believe in God the Father who made the World 2. In God the Son who redeem'd all Mankind 3. In God the Holy Ghost who sanctifies all the Elect People of God A Unity of Essence and a Trinity of Order Ordo originis though not Regiminis Co-ordinativus though not Subordinativus of Priority though not Superiority a First a Second and a Third though not a higher lower and lowest for the Lord our God is one Lord the Godhead or Essence of God is one undivided Parmenides who followed Pythagoras is brought in by Plato Philosophizing on that old Axiom 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 One and Many and determined thus That God was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. one Divine Essence He was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one Immutable Being He was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one Eternal Being This Plato discourseth in his Philebus at large shewing how 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 was 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 One was Many and Many One. And it is not only good Philosophy but sound Divinity the Godhead considered diversly for the manner of Being is Three Persons in One Essence the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost 1 John 5. 7. The Father is the First Person of the Trinity having Foundation in none of Personal Substance 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Not begotten to the Father The Son is the Second Person in the Trinity having Foundation of Personal Substance of whom He is eternally begotten Joh. 5. 26. 2 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Begotten to the Son The Holy Ghost is the Third Person in the Trinity having Foundation from the Father and the Son from both which He especially proceedeth Joh. 14. 26. 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Proceeding to the Holy Ghost Here is a threefold Unity of Persons in One Nature of Natures in One Person of Natures and Persons in One Quality In the First is one God In the Second one Christ In the Third one Spirit All this Unity is but to usher in a single Deity St Paul concludes all with an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 There is One God Ephes 4. 6. And the Soul carrieth an Image of the Unity of the Godhead and Trinity of Persons in that there is one Soul with three Faculties of Understanding Will and Memory Let us all now lift up our Heart and Voice and praise God chanting forth the Anthem of the

with such a sweet trinity of sight love and joy that the soul will confess being in an ecstasie of wonder and amazement that it could not believe those things which now it sees with its eyes in that it can look no way but it beholds unspeakable glory And the Soul solacing it self with infinite content cryes out Here will I dwell and abide for ever Now whilst others lay up treasures on Earth in Heaven is my Exchequer Our souls will be irregular like the Planets in their Epicycles and whilst we are in the sphere of flesh and cloathed with mortality sailing in the Sea of this world there will be winds to create storms but in Heaven there is a perpetual calm no tempest in it the Soul will joy in Gods Everlasting rest And this is the divine elevation of David's spirit Whom have I in Heaven but thee It is the glory and honour of the soul to be originally from Heaven How suitable and how natural is it for the rational soul which comes down from Heaven to look thither and tend towards the source and fountain of its Being Os homini sublime dedit coelúmque tueri jussit How hard a thing is it to keep the flame from pointing upwards And with what unwearied diligence do the Rivulets seek out the main Ocean Such an eager pursuit such strong propensions nay far stronger may be justly expected in the soul towards Heaven seeking the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 things above To seek there 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an habitation not made with hands 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Eternal in the Heavens in as much as the end is incomparably greater and the Agent more noble and active for God hath made us for himself and unquiet is Man's heart until it attains him it longs for and thirsts after the living God Whom have I in Heaven but thee Secondly Quem praeter te Whom have I besides thee Say thou O Lord unto my soul I am thy Salvation and it is enough to bless and raise me above the Icy hills of worldly joys For the blessed Trinity is a Christian's portion he is truly possest of nothing but the Deity Whom have I besides thee How glorious art thou in Heaven above and what infinite happiness is there provided for me in thee One day in thy Courts O Lord is better than a thousand elsewhere in the Palaces of sinful pleasures or Tabernacles of wickedness How then may I or can I take full content or delight in any thing that is here below For I envy not this globe of Earth nor sumptuous habitations of the ungodly because all delicious enjoyments in this life without thee will but make a Paradise without a Tree of Life King David weighed them in the ballance of the Sanctuary and did not only find them very light but 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nothing to spiritual comfort Whom have I besides thee Thou O God dost far surpass all the contents of Israel as light doth pitched darkness thou art the very joy of my heart and my portion for ever Thirdly Quis mihi Who is for me Who pleads my cause in Heaven not any Saint or Angel nor yet the Holy Virgin but thou O Lord. And do not some doat on Images with the Romanists and others on Imaginations with Factionists who fall into the heat of contention the fire of Schism How few are in the right way of Gods prescriptions which is Jehovah Elohenu Jehovah Echad the Lord our God is one Lord the Father Lord the Son Lord the Holy Ghost Lord. And what the transcript or copy of the world could not the Sacred pages and volumes of Holy Writ have discover'd of the Deity the Co-eternity of the Son of God with the Father the procession of the Holy Ghost from both the Unity of the Three in One uncreated Essence For there are three that bear record in Heaven saith St. John the Father the Word and the Holy Ghost and these three are one Thou art my Creator my Redeemer and my Comforter which makes the question past all question and needs no further disputation I have none in Heaven but thee The desire of this Celestial place and state causeth the Royal Prophet to despise all transitory flashes and sparks of earthly pleasures which is the second part viz. Low in a positive determination And there is none upon Earth that I desire besides thee The Princes and Monarchs of the world who are retinued with all the Equipage of greatness and strange variety of delights being liberally and abundantly provided for Silver Gold and Jewels are their's and all Creatures in the Earth and the Air and Water are pressed for their service yet all these enjoyments are nothing without thee None upon Earth I desire besides thee Et tecum non the the negation is personal no man for his favour no Creature for its excellency that I desire in the least comparison of thee For the treasures of this world are but gilded Thorns and concealed Miseries and yet how many Shrines and Altars are there erected in mens hearts to this great Idol of the world Most scarce acknowledge any other God but this Golden Calf to which they pay their servile devotions And when thoughts stream towards wealth Rivers are but draughts enough for them Quod naturae satis est homini non est as Seneca that grave Moralist speaks of Alexander who had swallowed up Darius and the Indies and yet in those flouds did thirst and in that surfeit was hungry If the Earth were a Center of Diamonds and did the Heavens shower down Pearls into Diana's lap and could we enjoy the Land with its Minerals of Gold and the Sea with the greatness of its treasure sending Ships to Tarshish and fetching Spices from the East in the Navy of Hiram all these things can't satiate the desires of the Soul but are miserable fruitions without the glorious Trinity Then when others lay up on Earth Heaven shall be my treasure For the favour of a Prince is but a pleasing snare without thee and therefore non est in terris there is none upon Earth I desire besides thee The world is a Theatre of sorrow a warfare and a bondage all are prisoners some in golden Chains others in Iron some slaves to poverty others to riches some to honour others to meanness And all these are interwoven with mixt varieties as pain and grief pleasure and sadness so that the greatest happiness that the world can afford is not able to fill the unlimited desires of the heart but God only For the world the Fools Paradise is full of Vipers the obscure print of unsound joys a dream'd sweetness and a very Ocean of gall and so there is nothing on Earth that I desire besides thee Mundo utamur use we may but not adore the Creature we may look upon this fair picture as the work of the Almighty but not esteem it for a Deity or a God like